The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-17
SOUTH CAROLINA.

William Murphy, the murderer Of John
Oxner, has been captured and lodged in Jail
at Newberry.
A. J. Taylor, of Lewiedale, Lexington
county, who was found at Columbia
Wednesday asphyxiated by gas in his room
over Longs stables, died Thursday. He
had never recovered consciousness, and the
constant and strenuous efforts which had
been made to relieve him failed.
At Columbia, Wednesday, the contract
for furnishing 1874 tons of double-screened
red-ash coal, to be used as fuel this winter
for the new heating apparatus at the State
house, was awarded to w. S. Reamer, at
81 % per ton. The only other bidder, Joe
Taylor, offered to supply it for 81 IS.
There are great many cattle dying on
Broad river pastures from an unknown
disease. They are taken with quivering
in every muscle, and no remedy that has
been given them does them any good. All
the cattle that have died are those recently
moved from the uplands to the bottoms
There is a mule in the community affected
i'll TIE same way and it seems to get no re-
lief.
Near Spartanburg for some time mining
operations have been suspended at the Glen
dale mine, now owned by the Boston
Mining Company E. B. Witherell, a
mining expert of Colorado, and A A. Reeve,
with the prospects well enough TO sink a
deep shaft. There has been no attempt to
mine below the water level, and the richest
veins are all deep. They hope to cut this
vein at the depth of 100 feet. Should this
prove successful new value will be added to
the gold mines of the county.
President Duncan has determined to in
troduce still another new feature into the
State Fair of 1887. 1t is his purpose to APP
point number of marshals for fair week
from among the young men of the different
counties. They will be well mounted and
equipped, and will, in an official way, pre-
serve order on the streets and in the fair
grounds, acting as masters of ceremonies,
and in their private capacities showing at
tention to and aiding strangers. The appoint
ments will be announced hereafter Col
j. B. Marshall commanding the Palmetto
regiment, has consented to act as chief
marshal.
The contest between the old and new
Council, which has been going on in court
since Sept. 10, has almost demoralized Viii
liston. The law is openly violated with i'm
punity, and offenders go unpublished The
best citizens of the town, who have de-
plored the state of affairs from the first, are
getting restless under the delay of the set
dement, and some threaten to indict several
merchants who violated the Sunday law by
opening their stores and selling to the
crowd of colored people in attendance on
the association. One merchant took in
over one hundred dollars. Whisky flowed
quite freely.
The Grier's municipal case came up before
Judge Presley, at Anderson, Thursday. At
the election last spring there was dispute
over the result, and the old Council, with
Squire Westmoreland as Intendant, refused
to surrender. The other party headed by
Capt. Zimmerman, next obtained an in
junction restraining the Westmoreland
Council from exercising its functions. For
some time the town has been without gov
eminent, and Judge Presley, at the last
hearing, refused to withdraw the injunction
until the case comes up on its merits at the
next Court In the meantime, the date
for another election is rapidly approaching
A slight sensation was created at Column
bia Thursday by the discovery that Norman
Campbell, "A lad of II, the son of County
Treasurer J. S. Campbell, had run away
from home with Bob Physioc, chum. It
was intended that he should enter the South
Carolina College, AM he had been supplied
by his father with $50. The young fellow,
who had been talking for weeks TO his com
panion of his intention to seek a fortune else
where, took advantage of his opportunity,
and, doubtless, influenced by bad advisers
left. His father telegraphed to have him
stopped, but without avail. 1t is boyish
freak, which will doubtless be regretted as
soon as the harrlships of adventure begin.
James Troy, one of the oldest citizens of
Columbia, died Thursday after an illness of
several months of dropsy of the heart. He
was born Nov. 20, 1912, at Morrisania, West
chester county, New York, and did business
for some years after his majority in New
York city. In lS42 he came to South Caro-
lima with a son of Martin Van Buren, to
build a residence for him, and shortly after
removed TO Columbia, where he has resided
ever since. He was the constructor of
many fine buildings in that section One Of
his most recent works was the erection of
tho new court house at Lexington. MIR.